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Product to Reduce Fatigue

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Nutritional Therapeutics Inc. says that clinical trials have shown that their product, NT Factor®, can actually support the repair of damaged cell membranes – in effect reducing the cells’ biological age and restoring mitochondrial ability to generate energy. They say this is true whether the reduced energy/fatigue is from an illness like ME/CFS or fibromyalgia, a side effect of chemotherapy, or simply a result of aging. Studies done with severely fatigued patients in each of these populations demonstrated that NT Factor can support reduction of fatigue levels by as much as 45 percent.
John Casey, president of Nutritional Therapeutics, envisioned NT Factor as a bridge between the healthier diet of old and today’s modern diet.  He determined that the fundamental problem with the modern diet is that it leads to leaky-gut syndrome, candidiasis (yeast overgrowth), and other gastrointestinal problems, which in turn hinder the proper absorption and utilization of nutrients. In his search for a way to correct this problem, he looked to nature – and so, mother’s milk became the blueprint for developing NT Factor.

An important component of mother’s milk is phosphoglycolipids (also called glycophospholipids).  Phosphoglycolipids are a special type of fat and they make up a significant portion of the structure of cell membranes.

But those phosphoglycolipids need a hospitable environment in the stomach and GI tract in order to be utilized properly. So, in addition to being a rich source of phosphoglycolipids, NT Factor was also formulated to provide both:

  • The friendly bacteria (bifido and lactobacillus bacterium) needed to keep the gastrointestinal tract functioning properly,Researchers found that NT Factor also supports the repair of cell membranes – not just in the gastrointestinal tract, but throughout the whole body.The NT Factor formulation is designed so that the phosphoglycolipids match the human cell membrane and are not digested but instead are able to get into the wall of the GI tract intact. Once there, they go to work repairing any damage in the cell membrane.

    As we get older or develop various illnesses, oxidative stress producesfree radicalswhich destroy cell membrane, literally causing holes in our cells. The cell membrane is composed mainly of fats with some protein.  When the phosphoglycolipids in NT Factor get to the cell membrane, they fill in and plug any holes. This enables the cell to once again function as it is meant to.

    Phosphoglycolipids have their own energy supply, each containing a battery-like structure with a positive and negative charge. Because of this, when this type of lipid is laid against a cell membrane, it naturally forces itself into the membrane. Therefore, phosphoglycolipids require none of the patient’s energy to get into the body – an important feature for individuals who are already severely fatigued.

  • Once phosphoglycolipids get into the body, they work to repair the cells in the lining of the stomach and the GI tract.Since the cell membrane is the gateway of all nutrition and the production site for enzymes, energy, proteins, hormones, etc., repairing the cell membrane sets the stage for everything else in the body to function better.

When a person experiences chronic fatigue, whether it’s due to an illness, a side effect of cancer treatment, or aging, the mitochondria are only operating at 40 to 60 percent of capacity. There is not enough energy left to drive all of the important functions needed – which can include thinking, movement, muscular activity and other necessary activities.

Mitochondria are like little batteries within our cells that provide the energy our bodies need. With ME/CFS, fibromyalgia and other neurodegenerative diseases, the mitochondrial membrane is damaged, which causes it to leak. When the mitochondria become leaky, they cannot generate energy because a very important component of that energy-driving system is that the membranes provide insulation for the mitochondria. A good comparison is the insulation surrounding a battery. If you take the insulation off of the battery, it runs down very quickly. The same thing happens with the mitochondria.

Mitochondria are made up of an inner and outer membrane. The inner membrane is where food, water and oxygen are converted to adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which supplies energy to all your cells. It’s also where the free radicals that drive aging and illness are produced. As the phosphoglycolipids in NT Factor are pushed into the mitochondria to repair the membrane, the production of free radicals that damage the membrane is slowed down or stopped. Thus, phosphoglycolipids optimize the mitochondria’s ability to produce energy.

The ability of the NT Factor phosphoglycolipids to support repair of mitochondrial membrane damage was visually demonstrated in a 2003 study. The mitochondria of patients with moderately severe fatigue were isolated and fed a fluorescent dye called Rhodomine-123. The healthier the cell, the more dye it would take up and the brighter it would light up. On day one, the mitochondria luminosity was poor but after taking NT Factor for 60 days, it was brightly lit up, indicating that the mitochondria has been repaired.(3)

Multiple tests done with both moderately and severely fatigued patients have shown that NT Factor can support reduction of fatigue by as much as 45 percent and increases in mitochondrial function of 35 percent.(1, 3-5)
In 2010, the Journal of the American Nutraceutical Association published a study in which 67 participants with chronic fatigue took NT Factor with a B-vitamin complex for one week.  After just that one week, their fatigue already had been reduced by an average of 36.8%.

 

What up with the Poiple Carrots, Doc?

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Bugs Bunny would be pleased to learn that purple carrots deliver quiet a different list of nutrients than their orange, yellow and white counterparts.

The antioxidant level in purple carrots is five as high as in white or yellow carrots. Each serving of purple carrots delivers a sizable helping of anthocyanin – which is believed to build up your resistance to both inflammation and diabetes. Granted, you would get more anthocyanin from a similar sized helping of blueberries or plums (both renowned for their antioxident qualities), but since carrots are less expensive than those fruits, the carrots would be more economical.

“Antioxidants such as those found in purple carrots are important for good health,” says U of Guelph professor Mary Ruth McDonald. “Having a lot of fruits and vegetables in your diet reduces the risk of chronic diseases, such as heart disease, stroke, Type 2 diabetes and several cancers. They do all kinds of good things.”

According to the University of Guelph’s Research Magazine, purple carrots were the most common until farmers began deliberately breeding orange carrots in the 1600s.

That doesn’t mean people should stop eating orange carrots. Carrots of each colour have health benefits: orange carrots contain beta-carotene; red carrots lycopene; white carrots phytochemicals; and yellow carrots xanthophylls. And while most fruit typically lasts about a week unspoiled, root vegetables such as carrots can be stored for up to eight months. McDonald is the only researcher in Ontario specifically studying carrot production. People turn to her to solve problems. Most recently, her research team has been conducting trials with animals and humans to determine if eating purple vegetables actually provides health benefits. This is ground-breaking research, and McDonald wants people to know about the advantages of purple carrots so they can eat more and reap the health benefits.

Mayo Clinic and Gentag, Inc. Announce Agreement To Develop Wireless Sensors for Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes

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A first-of-its-kind, the wearable patch sensors are the size of a small bandage, and are designed to be painless, wireless and disposable. In the bandage is a sensor that communicates via a closed-loop diabetes management system which is compatible with cell phones. The system will allow researchers to monitor movement and develop treatments for obesity and related conditions.

A joint intellectual property (IP) agreement with Mayo Clinic made the research and development of this tool possible. Gentag signed a patent pooling agreement with Mayo Clinic for the management of IP related to wearable patch sensor and wireless communication technologies. Under the agreement, certain patent rights and technologies of both Mayo Clinic and Gentag will be combined and commercialized.

The two firms will collaborate with third parties under license to bring Mayo Clinic’s expertise in medicine and clinical practices to the public by the development of the next generation of wearable skin patch technologies from Gentag in the areas of diabetes and obesity management. More than 50 issued patents and technologies are being offered for licensing under the agreement.

“We are thrilled to be cooperating with the Mayo Clinic on these amazing new wireless technologies,” says John P. Peeters, Ph.D., the CEO of Gentag. “We look forward to working with the medical device community to get this technology into the marketplace.”

Additionally, Mayo’s Micro-Miniature Transceiver chip will be combined with Gentag’s radar-responsive tag technology and integrated under license to create a new type of communication chip that will combine Near Field Communication (NFC), Body Area Networks (BAN), as well as long-range wireless communication and geolocation.

 

Powerful – with a Capital P

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Powerful – with a Capital P

Three totally natural health supplements that may be more powerful than prescription drugs??

No joke! Such things do exist. What are they?

At least one you probably have in your kitchen right now.

What? You don’t have a big box of berberine right behind the corn starch? That’s neither surprising nor is it necessarily a bad thing. Although not well known, berberine is quite possibly one of the most powerful supplements on Earth.

What is it?

Berberine is an ammonium salt found in plants ranging from Oregon grape, barberry, tree turmeric, as well as a host of different roots, stems and barks.

What does it do?

All sorts of things, but most famously, it lowers blood sugar levels (some say, as effectively as the diabetes drug, metformin. Berberine also lowers cholesterol, as well as blood pressure levels and blood triglycerides. Berberine has also been shown to have anti-bacterial effects, and may be effective in the treatment of everything from heart failure to cancer.

Is there a down side?

There has been some concern that it can cause brain dysfunction in newborns, so even though this is unproven, you probably shouldn’t take it while pregnant. And since it is a humdinger of a supplement, you might want to check with your pharmacist or ND about taking it in combination with other drugs or supplements. And Oregon grapes are not just tart. They’ll make you pucker so hard your face may implode. So you may not want to eat them right off the tree. Other than that, berberine is a brilliant supplement you may want to track down and add to your list of favourite things.

2. Statin drugs are widely prescribed to reduce production of cholesterol in the blood. Even though recent studies suggest that cholesterol may not be the yellow-eyed demon it has been portrayed as in the media for the past thirty years, you still don’t want a system chock full of cholesterol.

And if you’re looking for a natural statin, you need look no further than that big bag of red yeast rice that’s hiding in there behind the berberine. Okay, we’re kidding. As far as we know, Red yeast rice isn’t sold in bags. But it is used as a food colouring, additive, and preservative. And it’s been used in China and other Asian countries for centuries as a traditional medicine.

Red yeast rice naturally contains several ingredients that may help control cholesterol levels. These include a number of monacolins, most importantly monacolin K. It also contains sterols, isoflavones, and monounsaturated fatty acids, or “healthy fats.”

The down side?

Red yeast rice contains monacolin K, also known as lovastatin, the active ingredient in the prescription drug Mevacor. If you suspect that something like that might have trouble getting Health Canada approval, you’d be dead right. Much to the chagrin of many NDs, Canadian products containing Red Yeast Rice don’t contain enough to provide a pharmacologically active dose.

3. Garlic

If you’re a vampire, you’re out of luck, but otherwise, no-one can control your access to garlic!

The active ingredient in garlic is allicin, which is a wonderful, natural heart health supplement. So go away you heartless vampires! Garlic is known to lower cholesterol and lower blood pressure, thus decreasing your risk of heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease and even boosting your immune function which may help you win the ongoing battle against the common cold.

The biggest upside of all

Chances are, you probably have some garlic in your kitchen, right now! And it’s yummy!!

 

D3 Gummy

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D3 Gummy

The GHT Companies (GHT) will unveil a D3 gummy product exclusively formulated with its vegan vitamin D3 powder at the upcoming 35th annual Natural Products Expo West.

The D3 gummy will take pride of place at GHT’s booth at the show which is being held March 6-8 at the Anaheim Convention Center.

More than 60,000 people are expected to attend Expo West, the world’s largest event devoted to natural and specialty food and beverages, organics, supplements, health and beauty, natural living and pet products.

GHT’s D3 gummy, which is available for private labeling, is Non GMO, Gluten free, Kosher approved, and Halal approved. It comes in three flavors—strawberry, orange and lemon.

Several studies suggest that vitamin D3 is 70 percent to 87 percent more potent than vitamin D2 and easier for the body to absorb. Vegan Vitamin D3, which is derived from lichen, is the only known source of vitamin D3 that uses absolutely no animal products. Previously, as D3 usually comes from lanolin extracted from sheep’s wool grease, vegans would have had to settle for vitamin D2, the less-effective ergocalciferol form of Vitamin D.

The GHT Companies’ President and CEO, Jim Rex states, “We are proud to offer the only known vegan vitamin D3 in a gummy. This is the result of a one year R & D effort, coupled with our exclusive rights as the North American resource for our unique Vegan Vitamin D3 raw ingredients. Our partner, Chemroy Canada, Inc., and our companies will currently be the only sources of these gummies in North America. It’s just a part of our vision coming to fruition, which is to be at the forefront of introducing unique and groundbreaking health discoveries to the nutraceutical markets.”

Get a Taste of Neptune’s Treasure

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Plant protein brand awarded top honours at Canadian Grand Prix

Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. announced that Andre Godin, Neptune’s Chief Financial Officer, will present at the 27th Annual Roth Conference on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time.  The Conference is being held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Dana Point, California.  A copy of the presentation will be available on the investor section of Neptune’s website at  www.neptunebiotech.com/ under the investor events and presentations tab.

Portfolio managers wishing to meet with the Company at the conference should contact a Roth sales representative.

About Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. Neptune is a biotechnology company engaged primarily in the development and commercialization of marine-derived omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (”PUFAs”). Neptune has a patented process of extracting oils from Antarctic krill, and principally sells omega-3 PUFAs as bulk oil to Neptune’s distributors who commercialize them under their private label primarily in the U.S., European and Australian nutraceutical markets.

 

The Letter that The New York Times Didn’t Publish

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The Letter that The New York Times Didn’t Publish

About the NY Attorney General’s Misuse of DNA Technology to Test Herbal Supplements

On Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, American Botanical Council (ABC) Founder and Executive Director Mark Blumenthal and Chief Science Officer Stefan Gafner, PhD, submitted a letter to the editor of The New York Times in response to a front-page article titled “New York Attorney General Targets Supplements at Major Retailers” written by Times reporter Anahad O’Connor. The writer contacted ABC for a quote on the issue, but he either declined to include it in the final article or it may have been removed during the editing process.

So Blumenthal and Gafner submitted their comments the old fashioned way – in a letter to the editor – in the case, a letter that was never published. Only one letter — from Dennis Stevenson, PhD of the New York Botanical Garden — was published in response to the article, approximately a week after the original story appeared.

The full text of the ABC letter follows:

Feb. 3, 2015

The New York Times
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10018

Sent to: Thomas Feyer (Letters Editor); letters@nytimes.com

Re: Anahad O’Connor. New York Attorney General Targets Supplements at Major Retailers; What’s in Those Supplements? Health: Well Blog. Tuesday, February 3, 2015, p. D5.

Dear Sir: We lead an international consortium of nonprofit organizations, professional research societies, industry trade associations, and others – dedicated to educating the public on the adulteration of botanical ingredients used in consumer health products: The ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program. The New York State Attorney General’s study of herbal supplements is not based on adequate analytical methods, and its actions are thus premature. The use of DNA barcoding technology for testing of the identity of botanical dietary supplements is a useful but limited technology. DNA testing seldom is able to properly identify chemically complex herbal extracts as little or no DNA is extracted in many commercial extraction processes. Basing its actions on only one testing technology in only one laboratory, the New York AG results are preliminary and require further substantiation. Additional testing using microscopic analysis and validated chemical methods should be conducted to confirm the initial results upon which the AG is acting.

Respectfully, Mark Blumenthal
Founder & Executive Director
American Botanical Council

Opening the Hatch to Fair Trade Seafood

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Opening the Hatch to Fair Trade Seafood

Using single-hook handlines attached to handmade kites, the fishermen in the Indonesian Maluku island chain locate and catch large adult yellowfin tuna from their small boats.

 

Similar to other well-known Fair Trade Certified products, such as coffee, tea, cocoa, flowers, produce and apparel, the Fisheries program requires fishermen to source and trade according to rigorous, independently audited standards. These standards help to protect fundamental human rights, prevent forced and child labor, establish safe working conditions, regulate work hours and benefits, and enable responsible resource management. This is especially important in an industry with a long history of labor abuse.

 

After four years of development, Anova Food recently began importing the world’s first Fair Trade Certified™ seafood. Debuting on the grocery shelves in March, this wild caught tuna from small-scale fishermen in Indonesia will initially be available in Safeway’s Northern California Division stores with plans to expand into other operating areas as additional supply becomes available.

 

Anova’s Fishing and Living™ initiative goals of sustainable sourcing as well as fishing community development and aid closely align with the Fair Trade Certified™ program. “Working with industry professionals, groups such as WWF, USAID, NGOs, the Indonesian government, marine biologists, sustainability experts and retailers has given us a complete perspective on the sustainable harvesting methods of tuna. Partnering with Fair Trade has assisted our ongoing efforts to provide responsibly-sourced seafood while also building resilient livelihoods in impoverished coastal communities.” said Helen Packer, Coordinator of the Fishing and Living™ program.

 

“Safeway’s commitment to selling all its seafood from responsible and traceable sources makes them a great partner to launch our Fair Trade Certified™ tuna into the North American market” said Mark MacPherson, a sustainability consultant at Anova Food. The first certified tuna products will be packed under the Natural Blue™ brand and come from four associations representing 120 small-scale fishermen.

 

Fair Trade is also helping to foster community collaboration among previously isolated groups of fishermen. For every Fair Trade Certified tuna sold, fisherman receive an additional Community Development Premium—10 percent of the dock-side price—which they can collectively invest in much-needed community projects like education and healthcare.

Canada’s Organic, Plant-Based, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, and Soy-Free Smoothie and Juice Bar Chain Makes Inroads in US

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Liquid Nutrition Group Inc. is a growing, hybrid retailer of functional beverages, fresh pressed juices, vitamins and supplements with 13 stores as well as three stores under construction in Canada, the USA, the Bahamas and the Middle East. The company recently announced that all their major corporate strategic initiatives and product enhancements they targeted in 2014 have now been successfully implemented and their quest for franchisees across the US has begun.

 

All Liquid Nutrition stores in Canada were converted to a completely new 100% organic, plant-based, gluten-soy-and-dairy-free menu.

 

The company implemented and introduced its proprietary Liquid Nutrition Strength plant-based protein powder as well as its Liquid Nutrition Daily Essentials all-in-one, plant-based, greens, vitamins and protein nutritional supplement. They say that plant based protein offers more health benefits than whey protein, including more fibre, nutrients, and antioxidants which help to reduce inflammation.

 

The company developed and introduced its own branded organic, carrageenan-free almond milk, which is the company’s most consumed ingredient. Carrageenan is a binding agent found in most almond beverages, which recent medical research has found to have possible harmful effects on people’s health. The Liquid Nutrition organic almond milk is used in the company’s store-made smoothies and acai bowls and it is also available for sale to the company’s clients as a shelf-stable, take-home product.

 

Its North America now feature a comprehensive Cold Pressed Juice program; the ABC’s of Juicing. It consists of organic cold pressed juices which can be consumed on a daily basis as part of a healthy, daily diet or as 1, 3, or 5 day detoxification programs. All of Liquid Nutrition’s cold pressed juices are produced in the company’s corporate juice facility and then put through a process called High Pressure Pasteurization (HPP). By means of this innovative process, Liquid Nutrition is able to extend the shelf life of its cold pressed juices from 2 or 3 days to up to 30 days without loss of any nutritional characteristics.

 

The company has converted all in-store supplements, vitamins, and products to the Liquid Nutrition brand – a move that standardizes the quality of the products and improves margins for its franchisees.

 

With regards to franchise recruitment and development, Liquid Nutrition opened its first store in the United States in Beverly Hills, California this past November. Concurrently, they entered into an exclusive annual franchise sales and recruitment agreement with a highly experienced US franchise recruitment sales organization. Renewal depends on selling a minimum of 30 US franchised stores for each year of the five year agreement.

 

Chantal Chamandy, the company’s President & CEO (but a Mom first!), stated, “We believe that Liquid Nutrition’s unique position in the North American smoothie and juice franchise industry as one of the only companies to offer a food and beverage offering that is 100% organic, plant-based, gluten-free, dairy-free, and soy-free will serve as the catalyst to achieve the company’s franchise sales objectives and to increase the sales of our current franchisees.”

Coffee Tea Drinks Inspired by Asian-Pacific Trends

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Stevia future looks sweet

With younger consumers turning away from coffee in a search for healthier beverages, many are attracted to coffee tea drinks – a hybrid concept that gives them the best of both worlds – coffee boosting the caffeine content of a tea drink, while tea provides healthier antioxidants.

 

In much of the world, coffees and teas are regarded as mutual exclusive. The trend of combining the two into a single hot beverage is a relatively new development in Western mainstream markets, but it’s a trend that seems to be breaking out in the specialty tea channel across North America.

 
Crossing distinct and unconnected foods to create hybrids and fusion foods is a trend that has existed for many years – a globalization of tastes to go along with our world’s increasingly migrant population. Chinese food has long shown an ability to adapt to its surroundings – with different variations arising in every country where it merges with local cuisine. Pizza may be thought of as Italian food, but the mutations that crop up in the local cuisine of whatever country it appears in – make the food vastly different from market to market. But the hybrid tendency took much longer to catch fire in the hot beverage market.

 

A coffee tea drink known as Yuan Yang is an established and popular beverage choice in the Asia-Pacific region. Tea drinking has historically been the dominant form of hot beverage consumption in the region, but in more recent times, coffee has been introduced and – like many behaviours that are perceived as indicators of western sophistication – grew rapidly in popularity. However, the strong, bitter taste gave rise to the practice of diluting it with gentler and more familiar-tasting tea. The practice became so common that even global brands like Lipton launched coffee tea drinks in the Asian Pacific market. And many variations grew out of that, with coffee flavours being added to tea beverages in the form of additives like coffee jellies. Like bubble-tea, this style of drink has grown popular in the region and has started appearing wherever there are sizable Asian populations in North America.

Coffee tea drinks have also earned a small following in South Africa. Their popular Rooibos or redbush tea is caffeine-free and claims a very high antioxidant content. Taking a cue from the coffee market, ground rooibos started appearing as ‘red espresso.’ Combining it with coffee, gives it an energy kick and it has gained quite a following as a coffee tea hybrid.

Coffee is also being mixed with tea to create “slimming” and fat burning beverages. These often use green coffee extract which contains chlorogenic acid, and has a reputation for ‘thermogenic’ properties. This cocktail is routinely mixed with an array of metabolism boosting herbal ingredients.
 

While coffee tea drinks represent a fairly small niche in the tea category, it is a novel concept with enough of an existing following that it’s likely to keep growing.

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